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Limbaugh: Cho was a liberal
April 23, 2007 6:26 PM
On the April 19 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show , the famous conservative talk radio host opined about the political views of Seung-hui Cho, the Virginia tech massacre madman.
"If this Virginia Tech shooter had an ideology, what do you think it was? " Limbaugh asked. "This guy had to be a liberal. You start railing against the rich and all this other -- this guy's a liberal. He was turned into a liberal somewhere along the line. So it's a liberal that committed this act. Now, the drive-bys will read on a website that I'm attacking liberalism by comparing this guy to them. That's exactly what they do every day, ladies and gentlemen. I'm just pointing out a fact. I am making no extrapolation; I'm just pointing it out. "
Limbaugh went on to say that "back in the early '90s, when there was any kind of an incident, crime or what-have-you that attracted national attention, in the early days of this program, the drive-by media went out and they tried to connect the perpetrator to this program. They did everything they could. In fact, it went so far as Bill Clinton blaming me for influencing Timothy McVeigh to blow up the Murrah building . These are the people sponsoring lies and distortion for the purposes of dividing this country and creating hatred. These are the people that invented this kind of tactic, if you will ."
The reference to Clinton harkens back to CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS the former president made after the Oklahoma City bombing in which he slammed "loud and angry voices in America today whose sole goal seems to be to try to keep some people as paranoid as possible and the rest of us all torn up and upset with each other. They spread hate. They leave the impression that, by their very words, that violence is acceptable."
Clinton did not mention Limbaugh's name. In fact, he didn't even say "talk radio," but many folks inferred that's who he was talking about.
Limbaugh, conversely, spoke more directly. Cho "had to be a liberal," he said just days after the worst school shooting in U.S. history.
What do you think?
-- jpt
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Rusty (his real name)Limbaugh is about as phony as they come. He was fired from about every job he ever had until he found payday with the conservative shtick. Here is a guy who avoided Vietnam with an ingrown hair on his ass, yet has the guts to give opinions on why we should be in Iraq. Been married three times, the last one still married when he met her. He is an admitted drug addict who for years went on about locking up drug addicts, yet his situation was different (as they always are). Thinks that employers should not be made to pay health insurance for people who have questionably lifestyles...did HIS employer pay for his cochlear implant that many feel was a direct result of abusing Oxycontin? Give me a break.
Posted by: Mark Harshman | Jul 24, 2007 9:56:38 AM
Let me tell all you people out there about these accusations that Rush is a Doctor shopper. If anyone of you have ever been physically dependant on Opiates you would not say a word. The onset of Oxycontin addiction is thrown at you so fast you have no clue what is going on. And the Movie Stars will tell you all about it but they aren't the one's blasting Rush. You DO not get high off this stuff , you do it to get out of bed in morning and it is simple as that. Have any of you ever seen Rush itch till he is bleeding. This is what a over-medicated person does on this stuff.
Posted by: Lou A | Jun 4, 2007 7:28:44 PM
Rush is a drug abuser and he doctor shops, going to doctor after doctor to get the same prescription over and over. One should ask oneself "what would ONE MAN need with over 2,000 prescription pills of the same kind?" Is he somehow afraid that some day he will RUN OUT of said medication? Ha! Haa! No conservative will ever even wonder about a scenerio such as this, because conservatives would then have to admit their "right hand man" is a dope addicted drug abuser. Hence, his self-righteous, know-it-all attitude, "do as I say, not as I do". I think he is a STONER! One day when he OD's, conservatives will find this out.
Posted by: artist22 | May 11, 2007 10:03:25 AM
What if:??/the Kid had some time for politics..would he choose Conservatism..I think my first perspective on conservatism was from my Grandmother(who never even heard of school)..My Grandfather also never attended a school(most consider him to NOT even have a language)..but as Italians go..so does the ability to see things in the best light..the story seems to offer the Kid very little Forward Moving abilities leading towards a conservative VIEW/I'll bet he even figured in that the Virginia Tech faculty was grabbing his "Funny Money" in tuition fees..leaving him a penniless pauper on the sidewalk of FAME/Fortune..Liberals most time have some sort of Brain-industry happening around them..as the song might offer/"on top of ol' smokey"/"all covered with cheese".."I lost my poor sweetheart"..??>I think there's plenty of stupidity to go around..the Kid..seems a lost cause.
Posted by: MarkSM | Apr 28, 2007 9:01:56 AM
Rush Limbaugh is a putz. The nation is grieving along with Virginia Tech at this horrid and senseless act and all Limbaugh wants to do is sling mud at his political opponents turning this somber moment into a spectacle. Get a life Rush. There is enough scandal on both sides of this circus you call politics. Cho was a demented and evil individual. He was an extremist which are people who exist on both sides of the political spectrum. Grow up and stop acting like an ass. I'm sure you would just love to take attention away from the fact that your little Bushy might be impeached before he has the chance to bow out gracefully. Real Americans can actually reach out to those who have differing world views. Way to be insensitive...like I said...you're a putz.
Posted by: Sophia | Apr 28, 2007 8:33:37 AM
right wing and evil are synonymous. Enough said.
Posted by: fuckrepublicans | Apr 27, 2007 8:51:55 PM
"he lashed out at what his delusional mind thought were his oppressors. Just like Liberals."
Huh... I would have said "just like Bush".
Too bad Rush isn't addressing the real issue, which is the constitutional right of psychotics to own guns.
Posted by: Jim D | Apr 27, 2007 2:40:42 PM
So you liberals (marxists) are prejudiced against "fat" people ? All i hear is discriminatory ranting insults about Rush's weight...hypocrites, get the speck out of your eyes AND Stick to the issue which are his comments. of course you never do. He's right and you are just so wrong...so just get over it. Morality and ideas preempt all behavior. So Change your beliefs which have killed more people and ruined more lives than the nazis and your brethren communists put together.
Liberals don't believe in character (see clinton and kennedy) or freedom. only control and manipulation. all their rhetoric is just to cover up their real agenda- a one world political and economic system with all people subservient.
Posted by: michael | Apr 27, 2007 1:28:10 PM
I would agree with Rush. Libs want to ban all guns so that sonner or later they will have control of everything....
Posted by: Joe | Apr 27, 2007 11:17:49 AM
SeungHui's case is NOT against rich and famous.
I have been looking at this case very carefully since the biginning, maybe because I am a Korean, and I felt this case is similar to the movie "Carrie(1976)".
Posted by: dongsoo | Apr 27, 2007 10:30:37 AM
That Limbaugh's comments are offensive, regardless of whether he was "joking" or not is obvious enough.
As a professor of rhetoric, the more interesting question is what is the best way to respond to such "jokes" in a way that defangs the attack while not stooping to Limbaugh's level (thereby legitimizing his tactics).
Ted
Posted by: Ted | Apr 26, 2007 10:44:18 PM
The crassness of Limbaugh's "joke" about Cho's liberalism is obvious enough. As I've pointed out on my own blog, the idea that it's okay because he was merely "joking" fails on two levels. First, the sort of joke Rush claims to be making is offensive in and of itself, regardless of whether it's understood to be a joke or taken seriously. Secondly, he said, in the same breath as he was claiming to be joking, that he really thought liberalism was responsible.
As a professor of rhetoric, the more interesting question is how does a thoughtful person respond to such "jokes" in a way that both defangs them, but doesn't stoop to his level (thereby legitimizing Limbaugh's tactics).
Ted
Posted by: Ted | Apr 26, 2007 10:41:24 PM
Rush Limbaugh is a felon who was not prosecuted for "Doctor shopping" to feed his drug habit. He has always been a hatemonger,fearmonger, and water carrier for the loony right. When you consider the source of these remarks, thay are meaningless. Always have been, always will be. He should run for president so we can have fun watching him try to explain his warped life and worldview. When Karl Rove farts, Rush is there to sniff.
Posted by: David L McNulty | Apr 26, 2007 9:39:28 PM
I guess this is tit for tat, after so many people tried to say McVeigh was a conservative...
The truth is, these nutjobs aren't liberal or conservative -- they're insane, hateful, and honestly believe that killing people leads to a higher purpose.
As to Rush's statements... he's an entertainer, and he entertains conservatives... are you surprised?
Posted by: Dan, Columbus | Apr 26, 2007 1:24:46 PM
We're lucky to still have freedom of speech, (seems it may not last much longer due to the pc police), everybody get's a chance to stick their foot in their mouth. We all took Rush's bate but how low do you go to exploit such a tragedy for your own political agenda and what hypocrisy to stoop to tactics which Rush blames the liberals for using against him. It's all in advertising. Say something over and over until people take it as fact. Think for yourselves people. This is not a left/right issue. It's a human issue. The answer has nothing to do with your political waning.
My condolences go to the families and victims of this massacre no matter what their political leanings.
Posted by: joshuamartian | Apr 26, 2007 12:03:16 PM
Ok, if we're guessing peoples political leanings based on their rantings then that would make Hitler a conservative - right?
And now that we know this - what does the political views of two insane people have to do with the price of tea in china?
Bravo to Rush for getting us all to yell at each other for nothing - again. It must be worth a .0005% in his ratings.
Posted by: CoolBreeze | Apr 26, 2007 8:08:38 AM
What has this world come to? Why can't we all act like adults? In the wake of the awful, awful shootings at VA Tech, I cannot believe the tackiness and audacity of Rush Limbaugh! It doesn't matter if Cho was liberal, conservative or whatever! 32 innocent people lost their lives! Our country, and Rush Limbaugh, needs to wake up and look past the superficial stuff and realize that we have more serious problems to deal with: mental illness and health care, to name a few. Rush Limbaugh needs to spend a day with the victims' families and then I am sure he would sober up and shut up very quickly.
Posted by: Gretchen | Apr 26, 2007 1:25:32 AM
Limbaugh is in this for money. His show is an entertainment venture. It's a business. His show is not meant to provide fair comment, ethical content, or balanced and fair material. He has lucrative sponsors. Splashy, irreverent, controversial, fictitious statements like this keep his show going, keep people talking, and keep his program on the air and his pockets full of $$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Posted by: harrpa | Apr 25, 2007 9:35:09 PM
RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT!
Posted by: Al Franken | Apr 25, 2007 7:57:59 PM
Well I think all drug addicts are liberals. So come out of the closet Rush!!
Sounds stupid doesn't it Rush
Posted by: Rich | Apr 25, 2007 4:51:55 PM
Regarding Brain Dead Limbaugh's comments about Cho being a liberal, let's see how that matches up with basic logic.
Liberals refuse to own guns.
Cho owned 2 guns.
Liberals revile hunting.
Cho enjoyed hunting humans.
Cons own & love guns.
Cho loved & owned guns.
Cons love hunting.
Cho loved hunting humans.
Cons are always angry & bitter.
Cho was clearly angry & bitter.
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Of course it doesn't tally with logic to any degree.
CONCLUSION:
Limbaugh! Go down to your local Winn Dixie grocery store. Find the pork-brains in cans in the canned meat section. Yeah, I know, son, but beggars cannot be choosers!
Posted by: werewolfinsheepsclothing | Apr 25, 2007 4:31:00 PM
Take another vicodin, Rush. Talk radio is inhabited by a bunch of guys who have degrees in broadcast communications. They're not political scientists, they're not civics experts; they're guys with good radio voices and opinions that are just 'out there' enough to get them noticed. Take away Rush's show or Hannity's show, or Elder's show and they're stuck giving away tickets to the kiddie concert at the mall and reading the news and weather at the top and bottom of the hour. Rush is a radio personality, take away the venue and he ceases to exist.
Posted by: LH | Apr 25, 2007 3:31:47 PM
VTech just kicked in yo!
Posted by: rj | Apr 25, 2007 2:52:43 PM
The fact still stands that you are 22 times more likely to shoot someone you know than to shoot an assailant with your firearm.
The myth of the lone citizen stopping a criminal is just that, a myth. If you have a gun you are MUCH, MUCH more likely to be that criminal in a moment of passion.
Posted by: Marko | Apr 25, 2007 2:37:21 PM
I think Cho's "shoot first ask questions later" approach is a perfect demonstration of the Bush approach to foreign policy. So he must be a Bushie. This is as logical as anything I've read here so far.
Posted by: Paul | Apr 25, 2007 2:36:02 PM
RUSH said, you guys will fall for the bate!!! SUCKERS
Posted by: l.a hood | Apr 25, 2007 1:05:13 PM
More so than Blimpboy, I am upset at ABC for giving this guy any more credence. We just need to ignore this twit and eventually he will become irrelevant
Posted by: Ed | Apr 25, 2007 12:32:41 PM
To say Cho was a liberal is as arbitrary as bringing up the fact that Hilter was conservative. It's just Limbaugh being his normal, extreme right-wing self.
And if I recall correctly, evidence points in the direction that Jesus was a liberal. Let's see, Hitler or Jesus????? I'll take number two.
Posted by: AZ | Apr 25, 2007 12:07:07 PM
Everyone is missing the point about the Va Tech shootings. It is not the guns. Listen carefully - EVERY school shooter in recent history was on some type of mood altering drug, either Ritalin, Prozac, etc. It is obvious to anyone but liberals that concealed carry laws have reduced crime and there is a reason why mass murderers go to gun-free zones like schools to do their dastardly deeds instead of gun ranges or police stations. If you can't figure that out, you are hopeless.
In none of the states with concealed carry have the lib predictions of daily gun fights over fender-benders materialized.
Posted by: 45acp | Apr 25, 2007 11:12:57 AM
Shorter Limbaugh -- all bad people are liberals.
This reminds me of the phase of desperation the Dems were in a number of years ago when they couldn't come up with anything better than "all conservatives are mean."
Posted by: DB | Apr 25, 2007 10:17:56 AM
I lived in the same building as Cho last year, and I got to know him a bit. The person who wrote to say he was "ideologically liberal" is a liar. Cho was as conservative as could be, and in the few interactions I had with him when we talked politics, he made it clear he thought liberals were idiots. He regularly listened to talk radio and was a big fan of guns. He grew up in a red state, the son of conservative Korean parents, and he ended up going down in a blaze of glory, the dream ending for certain types of conservatives.
There is no question he was a conservative. And as a conservative myself, it pains me to admit it.
Posted by: Steve in Virginia | Apr 25, 2007 10:00:02 AM
Gosh, you gotta love hate-filled right wingers.
First they demand free access to guns and then they blame everybody but themselves for all the gun violence.
Posted by: Jimmy | Apr 25, 2007 8:44:05 AM
Jeez, Rush is such a joke. People really listen to this guy? This is a America , we have the right to be liberals and even ignorant, uninformed drug addicts . Cho was just another kind of nut who wanted attention, much like Rush. The little weeble needs to get over himself.
Posted by: Laura | Apr 25, 2007 7:37:34 AM
Liberal? Conservative? Deeply disturbed individual picked on by his rich neighbors throughout high-school for his family's occupation of doing the rich neighbor's laundry?
Posted by: Scott | Apr 25, 2007 6:07:49 AM
I remember meeting and talking to Cho a long time ago and he told me that was ideologically liberal. And I hate Limbaugh. So what.
Posted by: Curt | Apr 25, 2007 1:54:30 AM
All you who claim to be conservative but don't like Rush are most likely lying. That's like saying you're a liberal(funny how so many of them don't like to admit it, though)and then saying you don't like Bill Clinton. Oh yeah, I forgot...libs think nothing of stabbing each OTHER in the back, too. That's what haters do and no one knows how to hate more than a leftist liberal. And what hypocrites they are because they claim to be all peaceful and loving. Also, I wonder just how many of these posts are by the same liberal people, trying to make their opinions seem more popular. They're especially known to do that.
Posted by: Jay T. | Apr 25, 2007 1:38:49 AM
Why is liberal viewed as bad all the time? I can't understand it. Cho obviously had a lot of problems. Some self-inflicted, some with family, some with society. Yet the ones associate with society continue. Talking about it with a few of my co-workers, I got comments like, "I'm glad the nut killed himself." Kind of makes me sick to hear things like that. Most of the people I hear are never in situations like Cho may have been in. Nor do they have any mental problems. Whose to say that you wouldn't do the same thing in his situation. What he did that day was horrible. If he had lived though, I would want him to be given the opportunity to seek treatment and then spend the rest of his life in jail. I'm sure some will say, "Easy to say when you aren't affected." I don't know how I would feel if a loved one was murdered, I'd probably want the guy dead. However, just because I am the victim and I want something done, doesn't make it right. I would hope that society as a whole could make the better decision. People like Rush here are always trying to make a headline. To bring politics into such a tragedy is just silly.
Posted by: Chris | Apr 25, 2007 1:37:28 AM
This is just the Oxycontin talking, right? ....and remember, drug addicts should all be imprisoned; no appeals, no parole.
Posted by: Klaatu | Apr 25, 2007 12:51:44 AM
One more thing...Those with concealed carry permits tend not to "shoot up the town," so to speak. They tend to be incredibly responsible and quite handy in a pinch.
Posted by: DRK | Apr 25, 2007 12:46:03 AM
To Judy, who posits that if 25% or more (or any for that matter) of trained, armed students carry concealed firearms more deaths and, basically, rampant shooting of innocents would occur daily. To that I have to say, What a crock! I live in a medium-sized city where we have concealed carry permits available, and the only people who seem to get shot are gangsters (who do not have concealed carry permits and do not have legally purchased firearms) or criminals, including armed assailants, rapits, etc. It was once said that an armed society is a polite society. Look at Australia. They removed the firearms from the law abiding and cannot figure out why the criminals still have guns and crime has just shot through the roof. If there were an armed individual in that classroom, then game over for Cho. Sorry to present the truth to you, I know it hurts.
Posted by: DRK | Apr 25, 2007 12:44:12 AM
Remember the comparison between the unabomber manifesto and Gore's Earth in the Balance. The similarities were eerie.
Posted by: Todd | Apr 25, 2007 12:23:27 AM
Well I never heard any right wing republicans go on and on about rich people with their gold and trust funds. So there might just be a little truth to what he said. Is that to thick to swallow for some? I guess so since there were so many liberals that apparently read this story. lol And then to top it all off cho blames everyone but himself for his problems! sound familiar? Sad really, to see it all in a death video, I thought only really sick suicide bombers did that
Posted by: Jim Brown | Apr 24, 2007 10:36:40 PM
If being a drug addict is so bad, then why do liberals always look up to the hollywood dope addicts?
Posted by: ernest | Apr 24, 2007 10:21:43 PM
Marx Communism teaches hatred for the rich which causes class struggle. Hitler taught hatred for certain races which causes race tensions. Wake up America, Rush is right. These philosophies are taught in our liberal public schools.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9uNtvFSxYM
Posted by: Rlita | Apr 24, 2007 10:05:26 PM
Rush is just giving out what he constantly gets, people who attack people for political gain. Seems he hit a sore spot.
This was a tragic event by an unbalanced poor human being who was full of hate and lost all conscience.
Remember the school event a few weeks ago portraying a Jesus lover as a mass murderer.
Rush makes a point, not good timing but he is what he is, and he is far from stupid!
Posted by: soly4him | Apr 24, 2007 9:57:18 PM
Cho had to have been a Liberal; that is a "given". He certainly knew who his media "friends" were whom he could count on to exploit his last demented despicable diatribes for immediate, yet censored, public consumption. Rush's astute observation is obvious, but may not be relavant or warranted at this time.
Posted by: Judy | Apr 24, 2007 9:42:43 PM
One more thought; To those who say, "If only one student on campus near the scene had been carrying a gun, this tradegy could have been avoided or at least cut short", I say, do yourself a favor and talk to a cop. They will tell you the likelihood of a person in the right place at the right time with a firearm who knows how to use it would be slim to none even if students were allowed to carry and DID have weapons, and in fact, even MORE students could have been killed if there were more guns being shot off left and right. It's like the guy who carries a handgun in his truck, "Cuz I'm gonna pro-TECT myself, by gawd" then the guy gets in a fender-bender and shoots somebody, maybe himself. It is simply NOT THAT BLACK AND WHITE, think about it. You would have to be armed, trained, capable, and in just the right place at the right time. If the argument is, "Well, how about if just 15% or 25% of the students had handguns then? For SURE there would have been an armed student nearby!" Well then, you would have more DAILY chaos and death altogether as a rule, which would add up to 32 dead people just as fast, at least nationwide, statewide, or wherever you had enacted such an asinine lenient concealed weapon law. Don't make such stupid arguments, gun lovers! I'm a gun owner myself, and I'm GLAD I didn't have a gun (and the other guy/woman didn't either) the many times I've been in a road rage situation, or some other tough spot, and see? I'm here bloggin now with no more than a little damaged pride. If I were somewhere and some nut started shooting? I'd call 911, because I have a cell phone! Everyone has cell phones now; if I could do something to stop or deter the gunman, I would like to think I would at least try, but a gun? I don't know, because I've never killed anyone. I've been told it's very hard to kill someone, to point, aim, and pull the trigger intending to blow them away, and then DO IT...
Posted by: nikolai | Apr 24, 2007 9:31:54 PM
Many people will use this terrible tragedy as an excuse to put through a political agenda other than my own. This tawdry abuse of human suffering for political gain sickens me to the core of my being. Those people who have different political views from me ought to be ashamed of themselves for thinking of cheap partisan point-scoring at a time like this. In any case, what this tragedy really shows us is that, so far from putting into practice political views other than my own, it is precisely my political agenda which ought to be advanced.
Not only are my political views vindicated by this terrible tragedy, but also the status of my profession. Furthermore, it is only in the context of a national and international tragedy like this that we are reminded of the very special status of my hobby, and its particular claim to legislative protection. My religious and spiritual views also have much to teach us about the appropriate reaction to these truly terrible events.
Posted by: Anders | Apr 24, 2007 9:25:53 PM
Rush is just an example of another partisan loudmouth, and he's made alot of money with that mouth. I used to like his show until I started disagreeing with his penchant for turning every issue into liberal vs. conservative. That's a very narrowminded approach to life as well as politics. But it's an easy trap for lazy minds to fall into. This statement by Rush is just another attempt at ratings and pushing the envelope of partisanship.
Posted by: JT | Apr 24, 2007 9:20:53 PM
Rush Limbaugh is crazy. How can you guess the political orientation of a dead person, and how can you connect that as the "cause" of his actions - shooting innocent people?
The irony is that Rush is using the free speech that is so very valuable to the Liberals to attack them! It evokes the picture of a man axing his own legs!
Posted by: kam | Apr 24, 2007 9:20:03 PM
Limbaugh is a fascist.
Posted by: Chris Dykstra | Apr 24, 2007 9:05:06 PM
Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? Sorry, but ALL BETS ARE OFF when some freaking nut case kills 32 people them himself; it's in a whole new category all it's own and there is NO WAY you can classify it politically, and if you try, you end up looking like, well... Rush!
Posted by: nikolai | Apr 24, 2007 8:59:09 PM
I don’t put much into what Rush says anymore. I listened to him for years. I realized now real leaders put words into action. Anybody can be an armchair quarterback. As for Cho, the reason he did what he did is because he wanted fulfill the evil thought that was in his heart.
Posted by: patrick | Apr 24, 2007 8:55:39 PM
Rush way out of line here.
This guy has his facts wrong. I recall the Clinton remarks, and he most definitely was referring to Limbaugh. He even said something to the effect that he (Rush) had three hours every day to attack Clinton.
Posted by: Sid Stone | Apr 24, 2007 8:52:10 PM
Whee! Give me a Rush! Why not use a mass-killing as an excuse to attack the liberals? It gets attention and listeners for Rush! I hope he does an imitation of Cho, like he did of Michael J Fox -- you know, making fun of Parkinson's disease. Or, let's have a little song like Rush had recently, Barak the Magic Negro, to liven things up with a little racism. Hey, Rush, let's hear your version of a liberal Asian mass-killer. That ought to entertain everyone!
Posted by: Rush Gusher | Apr 24, 2007 8:50:47 PM
That is really something. I am impressed that Rush only needed 7 days to take a great national tragedy and make it liberal vs. conservative thing. He is contributing to the rot of civic democracy.
Posted by: davidly | Apr 24, 2007 8:45:45 PM
The guy before Jeff Wozniak's posting says "Rush Limbaugh should be shut off the air," but Jeff still goes on about how liberals aren't the ones calling to limit free speech. Typical thoughtless propoganda. I'll bet Jeff thinks he's a smart guy too.
Posted by: Taco | Apr 24, 2007 8:38:39 PM
Rush was right on.
I was listening to this broadcast when this bit came on and was reminded of the slurs that Clinton and others made against Rush and conservative radio in general over the years. From the text of Cho's diatribe it's clear that Rush was exactly right.
Good man, Rush!
Posted by: S. Woodcock | Apr 24, 2007 8:31:17 PM
The only people I know who are seething with resentment towards the rich are liberals. It must be a miserable life to wack up each morning and start one's day with "Who can I hate today?".
Posted by: Chris | Apr 24, 2007 8:27:53 PM
I actually listen to Rush on a daily basis and from what I'm hearing he's NOT blaming video games or anything of the sort. Rush has made it clear that the shooter made a vile choice and is responsable because he made that choice, and nothing FORCES you to shoot people.
That said, in regards to the comment, look at the first line, first word, "If". So considering this is a hypothetical situation int he first place, we need to look at WHY the shooter hated America.
In short, class envy and hating "the rich" which sadly enough is something we see on the left FAR more then the right. When was the last time you heard a republican screaming for higher taxes on the rich so that we can provide more public transportation?
Posted by: BAR | Apr 24, 2007 8:27:37 PM
The point isn't the idea that Cho was a liberal or not, that much doesn't matter. The point, in my opinion is that Rush is turning it into this black and white, us vs. them issue. Rush saying this paints the picture that all liberals A) hate America, and B)they would shoot up a school given half a chance. I don't think anyone liberal or conservative alike would shoot up a school unless they were a severely troubled individual, which was the case with Cho. I don't think politics entered into the shooting, and it's a ridiculous travesty to try and force them into it. This tradgedy had nothing more to do with Cho being a liberal or conservative than a man named Sal in Chile had to do with the shootings. This is a moot point and one that only causes more tension in an uneasy political climate.
Posted by: John | Apr 24, 2007 8:26:06 PM
The only people I know who are seething with resentment towards the rich are liberals. It must be a miserable life to wack up each morning and start one's day with "Who can I hate today?".
Posted by: Chris | Apr 24, 2007 8:24:53 PM
So Limbaugh said something offensive, pigheaded, and just plain dumb. So what else is new?
Posted by: Matt K. | Apr 24, 2007 8:22:08 PM
What poor taste to even blame either side at this point, just let the families have their time to greive. There are obviously more factors that compelled this young man to do such a thing; understanding the mental condition and attitude of the perpetrator of such a terrible thing should be the real goal here.
Posted by: HL | Apr 24, 2007 8:10:20 PM
Look at Cho's sister. She works for the Bush Administration in IraQ office. Maybe Cho was a manchurian candidtae experiment. Loner with arayanlike boble ramblings. Sounds like Mark David Chapman or John F Hinkley. Cathy O'Brien and Mark Philips identified Blacksburg, Virginia as the center for psyops and mind control research in their 1988 book : Trance-Formation of America.
Posted by: Legalies Green | Apr 24, 2007 8:09:37 PM
I find that Slave, is the only one who gets "it."
Posted by: matty | Apr 24, 2007 8:05:06 PM
So it was a Liberal who committed this deed - that means he was 'forced into it,' in his mind, by the Conservatives.
And Limbaugh already most idiotically tried pinning this on violent video games... the fucktard...
Posted by: Florentino Olivetti | Apr 24, 2007 8:04:49 PM
If what Rush said did not hold any water then why are we talking about it?
Dare I say, his comments must have hit close to home. Hmmm, hate America first sounds like a liberal ideal.
Posted by: j | Apr 24, 2007 7:58:05 PM
Rush is Right.
Posted by: MF | Apr 24, 2007 7:55:35 PM
Mr. Limbaugh nails it on the head.
Posted by: JLW | Apr 24, 2007 7:52:42 PM
"Half of the comments revolve around banning Rush. That's the trend these days, ban spanking, ban speech, ban campaign ads, ban radio personalities...etc. Of course the people proposing all the bans are the first to call someone a "fascist". The point of free speech is to express your own views in order to combat other free speech that you don't agree with. Are people so insecure in their own views that they must ban anything they don't agree with. Grow up!"
I'm not sure where you're getting your statistics. In fact, I just searched through all of the comments on this page and the ONLY people who use the word "ban" are you and a few other Rush supporters who are claiming liberals want to ban Rush and free speech in general. While we evil liberals may not agree with the drivel that Rush spits out, none of us here have even remotely suggested that he should be legally kept from saying it. Take off your tinfoil hats, then do yourself a favor and actually spend some time listening to what the other side has to say.
Posted by: The Political Gamer | Apr 24, 2007 7:49:42 PM
How do you figure Cho must have been a liberal? Because he blamed everyone else for his problems? Because he didn't treat women right? Nah, Nah he was definitely a George W. Bush conservative and here is why. GWB and Limbaugh both are very good at pointing the finger and blaming other people. GWB could kill someone (oh wait 3700 people and counting) and the whole republican party could come crashing down, and somehow it's the dems fault because GWB and the cons I mean conservatives can do no wrong. Rush Limbaugh should be shut off the air. He is out of touch with the evolving society in America. He is a drug abusing, bigoted hateful person and should be shut off immediately. He has went to far for years, but with this triad of stupidity as well as the comments towards John and Liz Edwards. When is this idiot finally be shut down? Where was Rush's comments with Tony Snow's Cancer was that trying to garner sympathy and a cover for GWB to take the heat off of him, I noticed Rush wasn't man enough to make comments about that. what an idiot Rush Limbaugh.
Posted by: Aaron | Apr 24, 2007 7:48:19 PM
"Well Cho certainly wasn't a conservative. He exhibited the liberal mentality: it's everyone else's fault, the rich are evil, women are to be disrespected. He wrote trashy violent stories in english a la hollywood. And the "rules" don't apply to him, ie. the law against murder."
You call that liberal mentality?
-Blaming the masses, not the individual
-Envying the rich
-Sexism
-Flagrant libertarianism
Sounds like a conservative to me.
Posted by: CaptGen | Apr 24, 2007 7:46:43 PM
"I'm just pointing out a fact. I am making no extrapolation; I'm just pointing it out."
This statement is simply not true. He is not pointing out a fact. The entirety of his argument for Cho being a liberal consists of the following sentence fragment: "You start railing against the rich and all this other --". It's not even a complete sentence. Are you really convinced by that?
I don't care who you are, or what you believe. Speculation is not fact merely because a famous media personality says it is.
Posted by: Scion | Apr 24, 2007 7:43:37 PM
Right wing nuts blame everybody under the sun for their personal problems, so this makes no sense whatsoever. The one saving grace -- right wing mouthpieces these days aren't so smart so at least for now we're safe from their progroms and concentration camps, and that's a good thing.
Posted by: Tippy Hedren | Apr 24, 2007 7:40:35 PM
Liberal or conservative. Democrat or Republican. What's the difference? Two-faces of the same anti-American ideology. Each seeks to further enslave the citizen.
Gov't is the real terrorist.
Posted by: Slave | Apr 24, 2007 7:33:44 PM
Limbaugh blames liberals for everything, but it's sad to see him exploit this tragedy for the sake of a little publicity. He's a first-rate slimeball.
Posted by: warmfuzzykitten | Apr 24, 2007 7:20:08 PM
RUSH did NOT lump Cho in with Roosevelt and Truman. They were Democrats not liberals. If you paid attention to Harry Truman you would think he was a big time conservative by todays definition of liberal.
He lumped Cho into the group that includes the Clintons, Sherly Crow, Rosie, Pelosi, Reed, most of Hollywood, and the drive-by media.
Posted by: OLD BILL | Apr 24, 2007 7:10:10 PM
One poster said "That Rush Limbaugh. What a strange little man. Besides, liberals want gun control, right?" - WELL...Cho WAS for gun control - he went on his rampage in a "gun free" zone, where only the "authorities" were armed. That is what Liberals want, then they act surprised and wring their hands when those places are ravaged buy nuts who don't obey laws.
Posted by: AJMD | Apr 24, 2007 7:07:45 PM
And the Truth (From Limbaugh) will set you free.
OK, Cho was a NEOCON who hated America and the rich, NOT!
Posted by: Dean | Apr 24, 2007 6:59:09 PM
some of you here don't have respect to limbaugh...and gary,you don't respect Jesus either.that's why america is in a mess.